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under the thighs and sliuulders, and on the head), about one-eighth 

 of an inch in diameter, surrounded by a red ring, and the centre 

 flattened. The animal appears to be relieved when the pustule 

 becomes developed, and if the attack be of a mild character, it soon 

 recovers. But more frequently the pulse becomes quickened, the 

 breath fetid, mouth dry and hot, eyelids and head swelled, so that 

 the animal cannot be recognized, and soon falls a sacrifice to diarrhcca. 



" The treatment, under such extreme circumstances, I recommend 

 to be entrusted to an intelligent veterinary surgeon ; but I advise all 

 those who know of this frightful scourge being in their vicinity to have 

 their sheep and lambs inoculated with virus taken from animals who 

 have the disease in a mild form. 



" About seven years ago I heard of its appearance in my neighbour- 

 hood, and had my own sheep and lambs immediately inoculated in 

 the ear, in conformity with the suggestions of the Austrian Govern- 

 ment in Bohemia, where this malady is longer known. I did not 

 lose more than six per cent, of lambs and one percent, of sheep, and 

 the plan was equally successful with many of my tenants, who followed 

 the advice ; but in another village on this estate, where the contagion 

 was allowed to take its course, there was, if I remember right, not a 

 single sheep left ! The subject is too important to be so condensed 

 as to occupy a reasonable space in a newspaper. I propose, there- 

 fore, to publish a small pamphlet, containing all necessary informa- 

 tion respecting it (with as little delay as possible), through Messrs. 

 Partridge and Oakey, Paternoster-row, under the title of ' The Sheep- 

 Pox, its Prevention and Cure.' 



" I remain. Sir, your obedient, humble servant, 



"J. Stanley Carr." 



" Duchy of Lauenburg, Oct. 12." 



On the 1st of October the Government measures 

 were detennined on, and mformation was transmitted 

 hnmediately to the Lord Mayor ; and at the very next 

 market-day, that is, on October the 4th, twenty sheep 

 were seized by the pohce officers of Smithfield. A 

 few days afterwards an apphcation was made to the 

 mamstrate sittinir at Guildhall with reference to these 

 sheep, and the following report appeared in The 

 Times . — 



